[Talk-us] MassGIS import: condition tag

2011-07-15 Thread Nathan Edgars II
The MassGIS import included a condition tag: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/9602415 Presumably this is something in their data, but what use is it to us? There's no definition of what 'intolerable' means, and no way to know what value to use if the road is repaved.

Re: [Talk-us] MassGIS import: condition tag

2011-07-15 Thread Greg Troxel
Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com writes: The MassGIS import included a condition tag: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/9602415 Presumably this is something in their data, but what use is it to us? There's no definition of what 'intolerable' means, and no way to know what value to

Re: [Talk-us] MassGIS import: condition tag

2011-07-15 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 7/15/2011 8:15 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: Nathan Edgars IInerou...@gmail.com writes: The MassGIS import included a condition tag: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/9602415 Presumably this is something in their data, but what use is it to us? There's no definition of what 'intolerable'

Re: [Talk-us] MassGIS import: condition tag

2011-07-15 Thread Greg Troxel
Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com writes: On 7/15/2011 8:15 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: Nathan Edgars IInerou...@gmail.com writes: The MassGIS import included a condition tag: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/9602415 Presumably this is something in their data, but what use is it to

Re: [Talk-us] MassGIS import: condition tag

2011-07-15 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 7/15/2011 9:13 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: I would say that if you know a road has been repaved, you might set it to 'good' or whatever the appropriate value is. This has pointers to the mass spec, I think: http://www.mass.gov/mgis/eotroads.htm According to the linked PDF, the field measures

Re: [Talk-us] MassGIS import: condition tag

2011-07-15 Thread Toby Murray
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: By that logic all tags should have dates.  Perhaps a fair point, but not where tagging is. On manually mapped data, the tag is known to be accurate as of the day it was added to the way and can be viewed in the way history.

Re: [Talk-us] MassGIS import: condition tag

2011-07-15 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: I usually think that OSM needs to adopt terms/standards of existing professional communities rather than make up our own.   I am not clear on road condition standards, but clearly various government road maintenance bodies